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Subject: [PA-QUAKERS] BONSALL, WELLS, and ROBINSON et al.
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:37:02 -0400

I'd love some advice from you all.

I am trying to find out where to search for my William Robinson in online sources. Here's what I know about him, which is not much:

1. William1 Robinson married Esther Wells, daughter of Moses Wells and Martha
Bonsall, on 7 Nov 1807.
He and Esther Wells resided at Delaware Co., PA.
Esther Wells was born on 21 Apr 1789 at Delaware Co., PA. She died on 7 Oct 1858
at Delaware Co., PA, at age 69.
Known children of William1 Robinson and Esther Wells were:
2. i. Margaret Bonsall2 Robinson, born 23 Dec 1811 at Delaware Co., PA;
married Archibald Frazier.


I know a little more about William's wife, Esther Wells, because her mother was descended from the Quaker Richard Bonsall and his wife Mary Wood. I don't know if Moses Wells and Martha Bonsall themselves were Quakers or, if so, if their daughter Esther was a Quaker when she married William Robinson.

I located the title of a book in the Swarthmore Friends Historical Library (McCabe Library Level 1) that sounds promising; supposedly, it contains information about the Bonsall family and the Robinson family of Philadelphia, among others. The book is not online, so I have been unable to check and see if it is *my* Robinson family. It's called "The Maternal Ancestors of Sarah Josephine Rutter Pyle (1840-1913) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" and is by Daniel A. Graham. The book's call numbers are BX7791.P994 G7 1989. The status is "On Search." (What does that mean?)

Does anyone on this list have access to the book? Would you be willing to check it for me, the next time you are over at Swarthmore? I'd like to see if it mentions my William Robinson. Was he a descendant of the Abraham Robinson family? Daniel A. Graham wrote a book about that family in particular: "The Robinson Family: the Abraham Robinson (c1687-1750) family of Dublin, Ireland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Naaman's Creek, Delaware: a biographical and genealogical sketch" (Call number BX7791.R656 G7 1989, status "Inhouse Only")

I'd be thrilled to find parents and birth/death dates for William Robinson.

Suggestions are gratefully welcome.

Lynn in Connecticut
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